Supplementing Dried Distillers Grains to Steers Grazing Cool Season Meadow

Authors

William A. Griffin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Brandon L. Nuttleman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
L. Aaron Stalker, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Richard N. Funston, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Jacqueline A. Musgrave, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2010

Comments

Published in 2009 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report (Lincoln, NE: December, 2008). Copyright © 2008 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Two experiments evaluated the performance response of supplementing dried distillers grains plus solubles (DDGS) to steers grazing cool season meadow. Steers were supplemented 0.0 or 0.6% of BW in Exp. 1, and 0.0, 0.6, or 1.2% of BW in Exp. 2. In Exp. 1, supplemented steers had 0.13 lb/day greater ADG. In Exp. 2, there was a linear response to supplementation level, with steers supplemented 1.2% of BW having greatest ADG. Diet samples indicate the differences were due to increased energy and not increased protein intake.